Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 24)

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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2706

Introduced
2/27/26  
Amends the public law incorporating Western Coventry Fire District to require a referendum & affirmative vote of the fire district electors prior to any merge/consolidation of the district with any other district or with the fire department of Coventry.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8194

Introduced
2/27/26  
TAXATION -- REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE TAX - Requires that the tax imposed be paid to the same municipalities.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2742

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- NON-CHARITABLE BINGO - Creates a new chapter to provide for non-charitable bingo by the state lottery division.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8130

Introduced
2/27/26  
EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PREKINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ACT - Allows municipalities participating in the state prekindergarten program to accept students from outside the municipality under certain conditions and establishes a lottery for enrollment in the program.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2732

Introduced
2/27/26  
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES AND RULES OF THE ROAD - Allows lane filtering, the act of passing stopped or slow-moving vehicles proceeding in the same direction, for motorcycles at low speeds.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2675

Introduced
2/27/26  
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OFFENSES AGAINST REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATE OF TITLE LAWS - Increases the fines for certain traffic offenses to one hundred dollars ($100) and adds fines of one hundred dollars ($100) for offenses required by law but omitted from the schedule.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2740

Introduced
2/27/26  
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- MINIMUM WAGES -- HEALTHCARE WORKER OVERTIME PAY - Requires all health care workers who are employed on any Sunday or holiday, to be compensated at the rate of time and one-half.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8067

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8082

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Amends existing expungement laws to be consistent with the new 10-year lookback period required for DUI charges.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H7969

Introduced
2/27/26  
LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY - Ensures that the State of Rhode Island adopt the protections afforded under the Occupational Safety and Health Act if its scope or enforcement capacity is diminished.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2698

Introduced
2/27/26  
TAXATION -- NON-OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY TAX ACT - Defines a seasonably-habitable non-owner occupied residence, which is not the primary residence of the taxpayer, and which would be exempt from the non-owner occupied property tax.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2710

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS - Restricts the possession of prohibited firearms.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2719

Introduced
2/27/26  
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HOMICIDE - Prohibits the imposition of a sentence of life without parole upon any person twenty-one (21) years of age or younger.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H8117

Introduced
2/27/26  
STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals 42-56-38.1 and requires the department of corrections to provide free communication services to inmates and juveniles held in residential placement or detention centers and requires that those facilities provide in-person contact visits.
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Rhode Island 2026 Regular Session

Rhode Island Senate Bill S2738

Introduced
2/27/26  
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PLUMBERS, IRRIGATORS, AND WATER SYSTEM INSTALLERS - Grants hourly credit of 288 hours against 576 hours if graduate of accredited trade school/raises to 4 years of work under master plumber and requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training plus 5 years of registration with DLT.